It was more difficult to walk from Jinshagou to Xiema Mountain. Xu Xin'an and his men took some dried meat and other dry food before it was completely dark, and then rushed to Shituoling Xinzhai to spend the night;
After lunch, all the bandits were exhausted and arranged to sleep in three wooden houses.
For fear of someone escaping, the doors and windows of the wooden house were locked from the outside.
Naturally, Father Han, Han Qi and Zhai Mazi were treated differently. The three of them were arranged to live in a wooden house alone in the simple village. This wooden house also housed the thieves on the inside of the mountain, and they were clearly required to stay at night.
Responsible for monitoring the newly recruited thieves.
They can move freely in the stockade, and now they are asked to help Mrs. Ge and Mrs. Kun clean up the stockade.
Everything is simple and simple, and there is still too much to do.
Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er, Xu Wukun, and Xu Wuliang were in front of the oil lamp, still discussing the follow-up arrangements.
The people Xu Wujiang sent over were much better than expected. Xu Huai's previous plans needed to be adjusted.
Although there are only more than twenty people at present, they can be divided into two teams. Xu Wukun, Zhai Mazi, and Han Qi can be considered as one team, specializing in patrolling, guarding, supervising, etc.; Xu Huai will be able to free up his hands.
Otherwise, Xu Wukun would not be able to take care of him by himself in a short period of time. Except for Xu Xiaohuan, Liu Qiong'er and the rest of the female family members were powerless, and Xu Huai would never dare to leave Jinsha Gou easily.
The remaining manpower is led by Xu Wuliang and Father Han, and the construction of the stockade, the blacksmith furnace, and the mining of placer gold by the chute method can also be carried out at the same time.
In this way, the framework of Jinshagou Village has been set up, and when new manpower is added later, everything can proceed in an orderly manner.
Speaking of manpower, in addition to the seventeen people from the Xu tribe, many people from Tongbai Mountain were captured and incorporated into the Jingsheng Army. A total of hundreds of veterans returned to Tongbai Mountain.
Quite a number of these people made a living by working as coolies or farming on sharecrops after their return; they had turned into bandits before, and it was definitely not because they were pursuing a romantic life of drinking a lot of wine and eating meat, and they really couldn't survive.
They now manage the village alone. Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun want to recruit these people. Xu Huai does not refuse, but this matter cannot be rushed.
Everything must be kept secret. Where do they have the free time to get away to contact and test?
You can't carry the flag of the Xu people out. With the addition of Xiema Mountain and Jinsha Valley, your strength is still too weak. Why should you recruit people?
If the so-called old friendship could withstand the test of life and death, people like Xu Wuqi and Zhou Jing would not be obsessed with licking Xu Wufu's guts.
Speaking of this, Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun also felt bitter and said:
"Don't look at the current situation. Dazhai is getting closer to us, but people like Xu Wufu and Xu Wuqi have already lost their hearts. We still have to guard against that side."
That being said, the manpower here is too limited. To bring in a large amount of supplies purchased from outside, and to officially open a convenient trail between Shituoling and Jinshagou, we need to rely on the manpower sent by Dazhai.
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Fortunately, under the huge crisis, Xu Wufu and others acted very quickly.
Construction of a rolling dam between Yuhuang Ridge and Shituoling Ridge, as well as the clearing of rubble and reclamation of large areas of open space at the valley bottom, are indeed impeccable excuses. The Xu family can openly and openly recruit the tribesmen who are making a living outside.
Now Xu Wufu and several other large households and clans provide grain and money. The tribesmen return to Yuhuangling to work and have money to earn grain. The cultivated fields can be rented and farmed first, and they can even directly buy the newly cultivated fields at low land prices.
, how many people are still willing to wander around in this world?
And with this excuse, the Xu family can purchase food, ironware and other materials from outside.
In the past, in Lutai villages, in addition to the private storage of each family, the clan also stocked up some grain to prepare for shortages. However, in general, the Lutai villages were limited by the scale of cultivated land, and the annual grain output in Lutai villages was much lower than the consumption.
Every year, it is necessary to take farmed mules, horses, chickens, sheep and other poultry and livestock, silkworm cocoons, collected tea medicine, tung oil seeds, raw lacquer, wood, animal skins, bacon and other products, as well as hundreds of young and middle-aged people to go out to make a living to supplement the grain production of Yuhuangling.
shortcomings.
There are also cellars built inside Yuhuangling to burn charcoal and lime, but there is no iron ore.
There are two blacksmith shops in Lutai Zhuzhai, but they mainly purchase iron materials from outside to cast iron tools needed for farming and daily life.
A storm is about to arise in Tongbai Mountain. If the storm lasts for a long time and business travel is cut off, food, ironware, cotton cloth, salt and other materials will become increasingly scarce. At this time, a large number of tribesmen who are seeking to escape will be attracted back. If we do not prepare early, it will only lead to further shortages.
Exacerbating the shortage of internal material supplies.
And when the time comes, no matter how much gold, silver, and jewelry we hoard, it will be far less reassuring than food; and the strengthening of internal armaments cannot be separated from the adequate supply of raw and wrought iron.
Regardless of whether Xu Wufu's character was vicious or not, and regardless of Xu's exploitation of the Xu clan members, the internal mobilization of the Xu family was still quite astonishing.
Food cultivation in Tongbai Mountain is mainly wheat and beans. After summer, the rains gradually increase, and the busiest farming season is over.
In addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, including strong women, Xu Wufu mobilized nearly 2,000 strong laborers as quickly as possible to build three rolling dams in the middle of the valley between Yuhuangling and Shituoling.
Rolling water dam is not an earth dam, but stone is mined, and the floating soil and rocks in the valley are removed to clear out a solid dam foundation. The glutinous rice and kudzu grass are boiled into juice, and the stones are stirred into the lime and laid on them.
Although this kind of mortar-masonry dam is expensive, the completed rolling-water dam is strong and not afraid of flooding. The height is only five or six feet. It makes full use of the dry ditch terrain inside the mountain valley washed out by flash floods. Even if a single-channel rolling-water dam consumes a
Two thousand guan of money and food is barely acceptable under the current situation.
After the completion of these three rolling dams, the stone dams will be exposed to the water when the weather is clear and rainless, which is equivalent to three more shortcuts that can be quickly passed between Xinzhai and Xu's Dazhai on the east slope of Shituoling.
The construction of houses in Xinzhai started rapidly; the two access roads from Xinzhai to the west and south in Shituoling were also advanced rapidly. The Xu family was planning on the deep stream that once blocked the way of Xu Huai, Xu Xin'an and Xu Sihu.
Build a wooden bridge over it.
These consumption of manpower and materials are still digested by the Xu clan internally. After all, the entire Shituoling Mountains are regarded as the Xu clan's property. Those families who contribute money and food will have priority in converting the cultivated fields into their names.
From Xiangtuoling to the west, you have to climb a mountain to reach Jinshagou. The construction of this three-mile-long access road was directly arranged by Xinzhai people to be responsible for it. They also arranged for people to carry four to five hundred kilograms of grain and food every day.
The corresponding tools were carried back to Jinshagouzhai, but the money and food expenses were recorded in Jinshagouzhai's accounts.
The chute method gold panning is not complicated from preparation to operation.
Considering that the wooden planks could be extended to enable more complete separation, Xu Wuliang and his men finally sawed open two cypress trees and dumped them on the edge of the valley. He then ordered dozens of thieves to collect mud from the creek and wash it every day for almost two or three days.
You can collect one or two weights of gold sand.
After the Xuwujiang side occupied Xiema Mountain, they burned tens of thousands of kilograms of grain and the traitor camp in Chonghuang Temple to cut off Pan Chenghu's retreat, but Pan Chenghu secretly hid gold, silver, jewelry, etc. in Xiema Mountain.
A lot of property was seized.
According to the cottage rules that have been popular in Tongbai Mountain for many years, half of every seizure is put into the public account, and the other half is divided among the big and small bosses.
In addition to sending the twenty collected thieves to Jinxigou, after counting the seizures, Xu Wujiang also promptly transferred the money and items borrowed from Liu Qiong'er and Xu Huai as well as the rewards due this time, totaling nearly the value
All the belongings worth two thousand guan were sent over.
With this batch of money and materials, Jinsha Gou Village also started to reserve some necessary materials in the early stage, speed up the construction of mountain access roads and village houses, and also reinforced the previous simple fence walls at the same time...
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"Cheng Lunying met Wang Xianggong..."
Cheng Lunying did not pass the Jinshi examination until he was forty years old. He stayed in the Hanlin Academy for several years. In the first year of Tianxuan, he was released to serve in Linzhou. At the end of the previous year, he was transferred to Biyang as the county magistrate and the military supervisor.
At this time, he had just learned about his destiny, and his temples were slightly frosty white. He walked into the small courtyard and bowed to the king, but his thin face showed no expression. When he came to Huaiyuan, Yu Li had to come to pay homage to the king.
He is kind, but he seems to be afraid of showing any unnecessary expressions, which will fall into the eyes of interested people and become a big deal.
In the Dai Viet officialdom, a stern face has become a standard feature.
"I'm an old and poor man, I can't afford this gift from Cheng Langjun." Wang Zhen held a chess piece in his hand and stopped it on the chessboard. He turned sideways and nodded slightly towards Cheng Lunying, which was regarded as a return gift.
"Inspection envoy Guo Caolingfu arrived in Huaiyuan and was assassinated before he could take over. The prefecture and county were shocked, and the matter was also reported to Lu Si. Gu Jinglue's envoy must have the power of thunder, and in addition to five hundred miles, he rushed to report to the court.
In addition, he also strictly ordered the county magistrate to search for the assassin. Lunying was so confused that he delayed coming to see Wang Xianggong until today. Please forgive me." Cheng Lunying said these words with a calm expression, as if it was Wang Zhen who arrived in Huaiyuan on the third day of his visit.
For months, he has been busy with the assassination of Guo Caoling.
It seems that Guo Caoling was really assassinated more than three months ago, rather than just eleven days ago in the Huaiyuan Inspection Division Junzhai Posthouse.
Wang Xuan's bright eyes stared at her in surprise. As an innocent person, she couldn't imagine how someone like Cheng Lunying could tell lies without changing her face at all.
"Easy to say, Cheng Langjun is an official in Biyang County. He cares about the people and the emperor. There is no need to worry about an old and demoted minister." Wang Xun also replied seriously.
As if completing a specific procedure, Cheng Lunying bowed slightly and exited the small courtyard. County Lieutenant Zhu Tong also remained silent, talking to Zhudu, and the secretary followed him out of the small courtyard; Deng Gui wanted to say something, but he wanted to
He stopped talking, and finally walked away without saying a word.
"Guo Caoling has been dead for eleven days. Cheng Lunying couldn't resist, so she had to go to Huaiyuan. She is really busy!" Lu Xiong couldn't help but sarcastically said.
